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Thanks to Matt Wagner, one of our techno-wizards, we have a YouTube clip of Josh Graves singing "Mary Did You Know" as I accompany him. This wasn’t the best version we did. Josh got rushed at this performance and really nailed it at the other ones, but it is still a good indication of his [...]

It is there and has been forever, according to local Native American tribes. In Inyo County, California there is a rock carving that says, in Arabic, "Jesus, Son of Mary." Inscriptions of Arabic — some that seem to be Islamic, some that are Christian, and some that consist of Jewish names and symbols — are [...]

The Transiberian Orchestra was amazing. The lights and lasers were wonderful, of course, and the guitar work was outstanding… but I expected that. What was amazing was the absolute, no apology, Christian message in the songs and stories. It was a post-modern telling of the Christ story, of the need for a savior, and of [...]

Regular blogging — i.e. on subject blogging — will continue shortly. Right now my in-laws are with us for a week and that keeps me from being in tight control of my schedule. She Who Must Be Obeyed has ideas on how to keep things moving this week and my job is to say "yes, [...]

[I'll be back with photos and any available video and audio from "Imagine Christmas" after Christmas. For the next two days, I post this in honor of my son and others who stand between us and evil. You don't have to support this -- or any -- war to love and appreciate the young men [...]

I’m taking a break for a few days from the new Hidden People series. "Imagine Christmas" played to a full house last night. The foyer of our building was turned into an English village with street lights, old clocks, benches, a sweet shop, carolers, Christmas trees, and much more. People got their photos taken at [...]

For hundreds of years, the Visigoths had ruled Europe. Incorrectly called “barbarians” by some, the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410AD because of Roman crimes against their lands. Visigoths were more cultured and civilized than Romans by that point. They had a very detailed and fair Constitution, a fantastic level of skill in making jewelry and [...]

They are found in the Balearic Islands (Majorca), Russia, in central Iran, in Portugal and northeastern Brazil. They are found throughout Spain and, sometimes, in communities where they have successfully kept quiet, intermarried, and kept their religious traditions for eight centuries all the while staying unknown to neighboring towns. They disappeared from Sicily in the [...]

Just about a foot of new snow adorns my lawn…and the road in front of it. While the State and city trucks have been good about making the main roads passable — if dicey — the subdivision roads are quite the challenge. I had to dig Duncan out twice before he was able to escape [...]

We knew it was coming, but after so many false alarms given by weather "experts" it still kind of surprised me that we got this winter storm. We have seven inches on the ground with another five due before this evening. Duncan has a part time job clearing roads, plowing and salting. He was called [...]